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Page 54
... voice was weak , and he kept his eyes closely fixed on his manuscript ; but such was his overpowering spiritual earnestness that his sermons were sometimes startling in their effect . When he preached his famous sermon , " Sinners in ...
... voice was weak , and he kept his eyes closely fixed on his manuscript ; but such was his overpowering spiritual earnestness that his sermons were sometimes startling in their effect . When he preached his famous sermon , " Sinners in ...
Page 79
... voice of partisan prejudice was lost for a time in the general homage paid to his life and character . He was buried at Monticello , where a modest granite shaft marks his resting - place . It bears the inscription composed by himself ...
... voice of partisan prejudice was lost for a time in the general homage paid to his life and character . He was buried at Monticello , where a modest granite shaft marks his resting - place . It bears the inscription composed by himself ...
Page 83
... voice he continued to mould public opinion . But his ardor never betrayed him into rashness . His love of order and justice restrained him from inconsiderate violence . He even risked his life and ( what was perhaps more to him ) his ...
... voice he continued to mould public opinion . But his ardor never betrayed him into rashness . His love of order and justice restrained him from inconsiderate violence . He even risked his life and ( what was perhaps more to him ) his ...
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... voices of mountain , field , and sky . Byron poured forth his eloquent descriptions , irreverent satire , and som- bre misanthropy . Carlyle and Macaulay infused new life into history and essay . Dickens and Thackeray held up the mirror ...
... voices of mountain , field , and sky . Byron poured forth his eloquent descriptions , irreverent satire , and som- bre misanthropy . Carlyle and Macaulay infused new life into history and essay . Dickens and Thackeray held up the mirror ...
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... voice tracts of heaven- born poetry . " He Upon the failure of the branch house of his brothers in Liverpool , he went to London to embark upon the literary career for which nature had so evidently intended him . was urged by Scott to ...
... voice tracts of heaven- born poetry . " He Upon the failure of the branch house of his brothers in Liverpool , he went to London to embark upon the literary career for which nature had so evidently intended him . was urged by Scott to ...
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